7.5Fine relay catch at the edge of the midwicket boundary from Rohit. Back-of-a-length slower ball, 119ks, cramps Guptill on the pull. He can't manufacture enough pace for himself and splices a pull. Rohit gets under the ball at the midwicket boundary, catches it, but the momentum causes him to fall back beyond the rope. He shows good presence of mind, tosses the ball into play, then jumps back in to snaffle it. Much-needed breakthrough for India 80/1

C Munro

c Chahal b Thakur

59

42

6

2

140.47

11.5taken at square leg. Thakur is under the pump. He doesn't have the pace to frighten batsmen, which is apparent from his being clubbed all over the park. So he backs himself to take all the pace off. An offcutter that he hits into the pitch. Munro has to wait a tad bit - and he does - before going for the pull but the simple fact there is not so much pace to work with means the shot goes straight to the fielder. Long square boundaries here, remember 116/2

KS Williamson*

c Kohli b Chahal

51

26

4

4

196.15

16.6eeeexcellllent bowling!! He goes for that gloriously wide legbreak. It actually is a wide. The umpire would've given it had Williamson not gone after the ball, looking to drag it over to the leg side. Adding to the sucker punch is the pace of the ball - so very slow. so very tempting to hit across the line. Williamson is drawn into making the mistake, gets a top edge and gets caught out near the point region 178/4

C de Grandhomme

c Dube b Jadeja

0

2

0

0

0.00

12.2taken at short fine leg. This is the spinner's plan. Cramp the batsmen. Deny them room to swing. Jadeja targets leg stump. It's very quick as well. De Grandhomme plays the orthodox shot - the most sensible shot - a leg glance, but he forgets to place it. Straight to Dube 117/3

LRPL Taylor

not out

54

27

3

3

200.00

TL Seifert†

c Iyer b Bumrah

1

2

0

0

50.00

17.5taken at long-on. The slower ball does the trick for Bumrah again. Seifert is left reaching in front of his body as he tries to heave it over extra cover. The lack of pace means he's onto the ball sooner than he'd like, drags it down the ground and ends up caught. The best death bowler in the business181/5

17.5 to Seifert, taken at long-on. The slower ball does the trick for Bumrah again. Seifert is left reaching in front of his body as he tries to heave it over extra cover. The lack of pace means he's onto the ball sooner than he'd like, drags it down the ground and ends up caught. The best death bowler in the business181/5

SN Thakur

3

0

44

1

14.66

5

3

4

11.5 to Munro, taken at square leg. Thakur is under the pump. He doesn't have the pace to frighten batsmen, which is apparent from his being clubbed all over the park. So he backs himself to take all the pace off. An offcutter that he hits into the pitch. Munro has to wait a tad bit - and he does - before going for the pull but the simple fact there is not so much pace to work with means the shot goes straight to the fielder. Long square boundaries here, remember 116/2

Mohammed Shami

4

0

53

0

13.25

6

5

3

(3w)

YS Chahal

4

0

32

1

8.00

8

5

0

16.6 to Williamson, eeeexcellllent bowling!! He goes for that gloriously wide legbreak. It actually is a wide. The umpire would've given it had Williamson not gone after the ball, looking to drag it over to the leg side. Adding to the sucker punch is the pace of the ball - so very slow. so very tempting to hit across the line. Williamson is drawn into making the mistake, gets a top edge and gets caught out near the point region 178/4

S Dube

3

0

24

1

8.00

7

1

2

7.5 to Guptill, Fine relay catch at the edge of the midwicket boundary from Rohit. Back-of-a-length slower ball, 119ks, cramps Guptill on the pull. He can't manufacture enough pace for himself and splices a pull. Rohit gets under the ball at the midwicket boundary, catches it, but the momentum causes him to fall back beyond the rope. He shows good presence of mind, tosses the ball into play, then jumps back in to snaffle it. Much-needed breakthrough for India 80/1

RA Jadeja

2

0

18

1

9.00

2

1

1

12.2 to de Grandhomme, taken at short fine leg. This is the spinner's plan. Cramp the batsmen. Deny them room to swing. Jadeja targets leg stump. It's very quick as well. De Grandhomme plays the orthodox shot - the most sensible shot - a leg glance, but he forgets to place it. Straight to Dube 117/3

India innings (target: 204 runs from 20 overs)

R

B

4s

6s

SR

RG Sharma

c Taylor b Santner

7

6

0

1

116.66

1.4Santner finds turn with the new ball and scalps Rohit. He slows his pace down briefly and gets it to break away outside off. Rohit aims to slog-sweep against the turn from an off-stump line and skews a catch to backward point, where Taylor settles under it 16/1

KL Rahul†

c Southee b Sodhi

56

27

4

3

207.40

9.6 Southee runs in from off and NZ finally hang onto a chance! Sodhi ventures wide of the crease, tosses it outside off. Rahul, having jumped outside the line of the stumps, then gets inside the line. He aims a loft, instead slices it down to long-off, where Southee judges it perfectly and gives NZ an opening. Who can bring the battering ram now? 115/2

V Kohli*

c Guptill b Tickner

45

32

3

1

140.62

11.1Marty Guptill again. He took out Dhoni in the World Cup semi-final. He takes out Kohli here! Outstanding catch. Unreal catch. Sprinting in off the rope. Diving full length forward. Never once looking like he was in trouble. And picking the ball up inches off the grass. Huuuuge pressure catch made to look like it is a foregone conclusion. But seriously, how did the ball get that far? Kohli is just looking to clip it over midwicket, perhaps looking just a single, but the leg cutter makes him lose control just a little bit 121/3

SS Iyer

not out

58

29

5

3

200.00

S Dube

c Southee b Sodhi

13

9

1

1

144.44

13.2brave captaincy! The legspinner would be turning the ball into the left-hander. He's been having a poor match as well. But Williamson backs him against a couple of India batsmen who aren't that experienced and Dube, after showing great composure in the last over, goes looking for another six and is caught out at long-on. Good, pressure catch from Southee 142/4

1.4 to Sharma, Santner finds turn with the new ball and scalps Rohit. He slows his pace down briefly and gets it to break away outside off. Rohit aims to slog-sweep against the turn from an off-stump line and skews a catch to backward point, where Taylor settles under it 16/1

HK Bennett

4

0

36

0

9.00

3

4

0

(1w)

BM Tickner

3

0

34

1

11.33

4

1

2

(1nb, 1w)

11.1 to Kohli, Marty Guptill again. He took out Dhoni in the World Cup semi-final. He takes out Kohli here! Outstanding catch. Unreal catch. Sprinting in off the rope. Diving full length forward. Never once looking like he was in trouble. And picking the ball up inches off the grass. Huuuuge pressure catch made to look like it is a foregone conclusion. But seriously, how did the ball get that far? Kohli is just looking to clip it over midwicket, perhaps looking just a single, but the leg cutter makes him lose control just a little bit 121/3

IS Sodhi

4

0

36

2

9.00

6

2

1

(5w)

9.6 to Rahul, Southee runs in from off and NZ finally hang onto a chance! Sodhi ventures wide of the crease, tosses it outside off. Rahul, having jumped outside the line of the stumps, then gets inside the line. He aims a loft, instead slices it down to long-off, where Southee judges it perfectly and gives NZ an opening. Who can bring the battering ram now? 115/2

13.2 to Dube, brave captaincy! The legspinner would be turning the ball into the left-hander. He's been having a poor match as well. But Williamson backs him against a couple of India batsmen who aren't that experienced and Dube, after showing great composure in the last over, goes looking for another six and is caught out at long-on. Good, pressure catch from Southee 142/4

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